This workshop is designed to raise cyber security awareness and provide individuals and businesses with an understanding of the importance of cyber security in today's business world. It will introduce some proactive strategies and practical preventive measures to protect your business from cyber threats—across human, technological, and financial dimensions.

Join industry expert speakers who excel in making complex topics clear, accessible, and easy to understand.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

Cyber Security Training

• Explore what cyber security training looks like, the types of training offered, and the target audiences.
• Identify how often training is required and why it's important? Since ROI matters, good training will pay for itself many times over.

Cyber Security Insurance

• Understand what cyber security insurance is, what you need to do to buy one, and how it would protect your business.
• Recognise how cyber insurance can be the difference between a bad day and business closure—and how to make sure you’re covered when it counts.

Technical Tips to Prevent Cyber Security Attacks

• Learn technical tips to ensure your business is safe, especially if you are using Microsoft 365.
• Distinguish the main differences between the licences and how you can maximise their potential to strengthen your business security and protect it from threats.

Target audience: small business owners and decision makers. 

Mike Ouwerkerk - Director of Web Safe Staff

Mike gets paid to scare people, to tell stories, and to crack bad jokes. Yes, that's the life of a cyber security awareness trainer who is passionate about teaching people how clicking on random schnitzel can destroy the business and personally cost them a lot of money or time. How did he get here? Lots of IT jobs ranging from support and systems admin to management and consulting. Throw in some training experience, a desire to have fun, and the understanding that people like training to be simple, fun and engaging. Mike's passion is to create swarms of suspicious and knowledgeable people who fight against cyber criminals and also spread their knowledge to others.

Katrina Hickson - Head of Distribution at Emergence Insurance

Katrina Hickson is the Head of Distribution at Emergence Insurance, a specialist cyber insurance provider supporting businesses across Australia and New Zealand. With a focus on helping small to medium enterprises understand and manage cyber risk, Katrina works closely with insurance brokers to deliver smart, practical solutions tailored to the evolving needs of business owners. With nearly 20 years of experience in the insurance and financial services industry, Katrina has a strong track record of driving service excellence, improving systems, and building trusted relationships. Katrina is passionate about making complex topics easy to understand and supporting businesses to be better prepared for the unexpected. In 2024, she was proud to be awarded the Mick Lambert-Barker Award by the Council of Queensland Insurance Brokers in recognition of her contribution to the industry.

Claudia Murillo - Director at Berkana Group

Claudia Murillo is the co-founder and Managing Director of Berkana Group, a company that specialises in delivering strategic business solutions powered by technology, with a strong emphasis on Microsoft 365. Claudia and her team are dedicated to helping clients maximise the potential of Microsoft 365, boosting productivity and collaboration while providing comprehensive IT infrastructure support. Their services include proactive system monitoring, maintenance, and optimisation to ensure efficient and secure operations.With over 25 years of experience in the IT industry, Claudia has worked with enterprise organisations both nationally and internationally across various sectors, including Retail, Superannuation, Industrial Enterprise Software, Shared Service Centres, and Manufacturing. Her extensive background in Information Technology is complemented by a passion for business process improvement. At Berkana Group, Claudia's focus is on transforming customers' businesses by aligning technology with business goals. Claudia holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and a Master's Degree in Business Process Management. Claudia is one of the Australian Chapter leads for Women in Process Mining (WIPM), a global community that supports women who work, study or research in Process Mining.